The Backroads

The Backroads

ASIN: B000056KMV

Track Listings

1. Comin' Home For Good

2. I'm Gone

3. Backroads

4. Goodbyes I Was Never Told

5. Greyhound Blues

6. Goodbye To You

7. When She Was Here

8. Like A Guy

9. Emotions

10. Folsom Prison Blues

11. Thanks For Being There

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Jason grew up in Hico, Texas at the top of the fabled Hill Country. That's where he draws a lot of his inspiration from. He started playing the guitar at 15 but it would be 6 years later before he would write his first song. With the help of his friend and roommate John Will, Jason wrote "Like A Guy". Impressed, friends encouraged him to continue writing and so he did. A year and a half later, Jason met the right people and recorded "The Backroads".

Product Description
The Backroads is a fusion of rock, country and blues with a hint of bluegrass and folk music. Perfect for anyone who likes anything and everything.

Tracks:

Prison Blues
Potato Patch
Honky Tonk
The Thrill Is Gone
Tina Marie
Born in Louisiana
Chapel Hill Boogie
Tears Come Rollin' Down
Knoxville Rag
Big Daddy Boogie
U-Haul
Red Rooster
Sittin On Top Of The World
Spoonful
Grindin' Man

Amazon.com

This "back-to-the-roots" road-trip documentary CD/DVD from blues-rocking guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd can be viewed in two ways--it's either the culmination of a long-held desire to promote and play with some unheralded blues veterans before they pass away (as six had already done since the recording was made, 2½ years before its early 2007 release) or a way to regain the blues audience Shepherd all but alienated on his artistically and commercially disappointing 2004 hard-rock release, The Place You're In. Ultimately, it succeeds on both accounts. Regardless of the project's inspiration, the results by and large justify whatever the means might have been to get this show on the road--literally and figuratively. Shepherd hit the highway for a week and a half along with producer Jerry Harrison (ex-Talking Heads), a portable studio, and backup musicians including the rhythm section from Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble. He searched out blues artists both obscure (the late guitarist Etta Baker, who plays in her kitchen, is a highlight) and better known (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and B.B. King) for a series of acoustic and electric jams, all of which feature Shepherd--who, to his credit, generally keeps his hot-dogging tendencies in check. A closing concert featuring members of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters' bands never quite generates the heat it should, but country bluesmen Cootie Stark, Neil Pattman, and harmonica ace Jerry "Boogie" McCain provide plenty of sparks. Shepherd seems sincere enough, but the real stars are the ageing musicians who have maintained their chops and intensity through a lifetime of performing music that clearly comes from the soul. --Hal Horowitz

Album Description

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's reverence for his musical roots are center-stage on Ten Days Out...Blues From The Backroads, a CD+DVD package that features the guitarslinger and Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton performing with some of the greatest blues players of our time as well as lesser-known but historically significant bluesmen. Traveling to their hometowns to record everywhere from juke joints to front porches, from New Orleans to Kansas, Shepherd celebrates and becomes part of blues history with Ten Days Out...Blues From The Backroads.

Customer Reviews:

Blues greats, best of blues artists.......2007-07-07

Wonderful DVD/CD chronicling major historic blues artists - one of a kind album - a 'must have' for the blues enthusiast. Highly recommend!

Outstanding.......2007-07-04

I bought this CD/DVD AFTER seeing KWS in concert at Viejas here
in San Diego. What a treat to see and hear Pinetop Perkins and
Hubert Sumlin among others! My estimation of KWS as a performer
and good guy increased by a quantum leap after seeing the show.
He may be one the best guitarists I've ever seen live, and he
respectfully kept that fiece talent in check when the others were
stepping out. He seems a real gentleman as well as lover of the
music and the people.

The package is excellent, a real gem. The interviews and background
materials are touching, especially of the folks that have since passed.

BUY THIS CD. THESE GUYS ARE THE REAL DEAL. YOU WON'T BE SORRY!

Great!.......2007-07-04

This is actually my second purchase of this item. When I purchased one for myself and realized how good it was, I purchsed one as a gift for a friend. Highly recommend for anyone who loves the blues.

As real as you can get.......2007-06-27

I stumbled on this by accident while looking for another blues cd (big blues fan). I read about how Kenny Wayne Sheperd wanted to connect with these old blues pioneers and it sounded like it might be worth a try.He and his crew have put together one of the most entertaining documentories
I have ever seen.The cd is fantastic as well with track after track of pure blues. If you are a blues fan this DVD/CD combo is a must. You won't be disappointed.

AMAZING cd..........2007-06-23

This is one of the best works of pure music I have bought in awhile. Not very often do you buy something where the artist really tried to make a statement with the music, but here, they do. For KWS and company to just go out, find the ROOTS of the music we listen to today, and make music on the spot with them is just amazing. Too bad they didnt bring more film to document even more than they already did. I could watch that footage for days. Everything here is beyond top notch. Very insightful, provides a glimpse of where the music came from and where it is going. If your a fan of ANY kind of blues, southern, or just guitar led music...you will love this.

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Great Listening Fun
My Favorite Cd this year.
"BACKROADS & BAYOUS" - GOOD STUFF

Backroads & Bayous
Karen Collins
Manufacturer: Azalea City Recording
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00023JD8A
Release Date: 2004-03-10

Tracks:

If You're Waiting on Me
Blue Moon
Trademark
The First in Line
L' Annee de Cinquante-Sept (1957)
Grand Texas
Under a Green Oak Tree
Hip Et Taiauts
Trouble's Back in Town
If Her Love Isn't True
You and You Alone
Don't Come Home A Drinkin'

Album Description

Travel along the back roads of vintage country music with a stop off in the Louisiana bayous.

Backroads & Bayous combines Karen's two musical passions, early country music and traditional Cajun music. The two styles are close first cousins with a similar spirit. Karen performs regularly with two groups The Blue Moon Cowgirls and Squeeze Bayou. Both groups are featured on this recording along with friends Dede Wyland and Ric Sweeny.

Customer Reviews:

Great Listening Fun.......2005-04-12

I stumbled across this album while browsing Amazon's free downloads. It's a great collection of cajun and old-time country style that I had to buy as soon as I heard the sample. The cajun tracks are a lot of fun and they have done a lot with some classic 'oldies'. It's great listening, but there is a lot more of Ira's guitar heard than Karen's fiddle. I hope that the next album includes a bit more of the fiddle. I agree with another reviewer - it's probably my favorite CD purchased this year.

My Favorite Cd this year........2005-02-23

"Backroads & Bayous" by Karen Collins is my favorite CD this year. The selections are well chosen, with each tune bearing its own signature. The material is in keeping with the theme, as Cajun songs are comfortably tucked within the country songs. Each tune is distinct, with vocals ranging from powerful to haunting to sentimental to passionate. But there is a constant element: every note, every harmony, reveals definite purpose and fits just right. The music is mindful but uncontrived. Like
Karen's voice, the CD production is polished yet maintains its valuable
uniqueness and authenticity.

"BACKROADS & BAYOUS" - GOOD STUFF.......2004-05-28

From the driving beat of the first song, "If You're Waiting On Me", to the Loretta Lynn standard, "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'", with a side trip to the wonderful world of Louisiana style traditional Cajun music, this album is exactly as titled - "BACKROADS & BAYOUS". The Backroads country tracts aren't the glitzy commercialized so called country music that Nashville turns out, but a return to old time good singin', good harmony and just good pickin' thanks to Ira Gitlin's talented contributions. Karen displays her musical gifts singing lead and backup vocals and playing fiddle and rhythm guitar. Blue Moon Cowgirls (Ann Porcella & Dana Ward) add harmony as only they can and make traditional country songs like "Trademark" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'" a truly new listening experience. And who else could turn out a country version of "Blue Moon" but Karen and Blue Moon Cowgirls. Dede Wyland and Ric Sweeny provide almost soulful vocals that blend to produce a very good old time country sound. The Bayous Cajun tracts are typical of Squeeze Bayou and their love for traditional Cajun music. As Karen says, the CD is a unique blend of her two musical passions, early country music and traditional Cajun music, and it shows. They blend together very nicely. I hope this first isn't the last.

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Most amazing NA flute playing ever heard!
Evren rocks
A whole new world of Contemporary Native Flute Music

As Things Could Be
Evren Ozan
Manufacturer: Point of Light
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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Alluvia
Images of Winter
Distant Spirits
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Mystic Canyons

ASIN: B0000CC84H
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Nebula
Walking With Belle
Amble East
A Candle In Every Window
As Things Could Be
Great Blue Sky
Roots And Vines
Prayer For The Past
Vigil
Twilight
Mad Science 101
Prayer For The Future

Customer Reviews:

Most amazing NA flute playing ever heard!.......2006-03-11

This young man played for an outdoor concert to a crowd who endured excessive heat and sun and were mainly just saving their spaces until R. Carlos Nakai came on stage. Nakai was horrible...and instead EVREN ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!

His talent is AMAZING and his music is SUPERB! His fingers nearly flew at warp speed with surgeon's precision as he never missed a note. It was incredible. And after he played, he sold his own CD's, signed them happily and graciously talked to everyone who met him. He is an incredible young man with manners, enthusiasm and TALENT!!!

I highly recommend both of his CDs - As Things Could Be and Images of Winter. If you like NA flute music, you will not find anything beter....until Evren comes out with his next CD!

Evren rocks.......2004-10-29

I've had a chance to hear him playing live before buying his CD's. He is great and my children love his music too. We love both of his CD's. He recorded Images of Winter when he was 7 years old and As Things could be when he was 9 years old. I perticulary like his song Walking with Belle, where he is describing him walking his dog Belle out.
Evren we love you!
Lila

A whole new world of Contemporary Native Flute Music.......2003-10-18

When I first listened to this CD I really thought, "Wow, what great ideas! What great flute playing. Nice contemporary sounding album. Some of the best Native Flute playing I've ever heard!" And then when I found out that Evren was only 9 years old when he recorded this album, I was floored. I'm thinking "Just imagine, if he's this good now, how much better can he get?" I'm so glad I got introduced to his music so early in his career, because I'm sure he's got a long one ahead of him. Great album Evren!!!!

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Overlooked.

Backroads
Ricky Van Shelton
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

Loving Proof
Wild-Eyed Dream
Fried Green Tomatoes
Bridge I Didn't Burn
Love and Honor

ASIN: B0000027EL
Release Date: 1991-05-21

Tracks:

I Am A Simple Man
Rockin' Years
Oh Heart Of Mine
Some Things Are Better Left Alone
After The Lights Go Out
Call Me Up
If You're Ever In My Arms
Who'll Turn Out The Lights
Backroads
Keep It Between the Lines

Customer Reviews:

Overlooked........2002-10-13

This cd is a very solid effort. A lot of people don't like Ricky Van Shelton for some reason. This cd is stone country, not "new country." It features the awesome and the very criticized duet with Dolly Parton. This cd is still worth buying, and is a steal at a bargain price.

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10 Days Out...Blues from the Backroads

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NQR8HO
Release Date: 2007-01-23

Album Description

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's reverencefor his musical roots are centerstage on Ten Days Out...Blues From The Backroads, a CD+DVD package that features the guitarslinger and the Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton performing with some of the greatest blues players of our time as well as lesserknown but historically significant bluesmen. Traveling to their hometowns to record everywhere from juke joints to front porches, from New Orleans to Kansas, the platinumselling, Grammy®-nominated Shepherd celebrates and becomes part of blues history with Ten Days Out ... Blues From The Backroads. Shepherd took home the 1998 and 2001 Orville H. Gibson Awards for Best Blues Guitarist.

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The end of an impressive run

Backroads
Ricky Van Shelton
Manufacturer: Sony Special Product
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000APVEF
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

I Am a Simple Man
Rockin' Years - Dolly Parton, Ricky Van Shelton, Ricky Van Shelton
Oh Heart of Mine
Some Things Are Better Left Alone
After the Lights Go Out
Call Me Up
If You're Ever in My Arms
Who'll Turn Out the Lights
Backroads
Keep It Between the Lines

Customer Reviews:

The end of an impressive run.......2005-08-01

Ricky had twelve number one country hits, three of which (I am a simple man, Rocking years, Keep it between the lines) came from this album. Of the three number ones, the most famous is Rocking years, a duet with Dolly Parton. I heard a story (but cannot confirm it) that Dolly originally recorded it with George Jones but that he left the record label soon afterwards - Ricky was then brought in to replace George. However good such a duet would have been, it seems unlikely that it could have reached the top of the country charts. In 1991, American country radio was far more interested in Ricky than the other two, who they regarded as yesterday's stars. Yet, both of them have managed to keep their careers going without those radio stations while Ricky has faded into obscurity, his comeback attempts meeting with little interest. It is sad really, because Ricky is an excellent singer.

The three number ones occupy the first two tracks and the final track of this collection. In between, there are many other excellent songs including After the lights go out and the title track, both of which (like the number ones) can be found on compilations of Ricky's music. You might assume that those are the five best tracks but, good as they are, they don't outshine the rest of this fine album. My favorites among the other songs are Who'll turn out the lights and Oh heart of mine, both of which were surely considered for single release. The other three tracks (Some things are better left alone, Call me up, If you're ever in my arms) are also excellent.

Following the success of this album, it seems remarkable that Ricky only had limited success thereafter. Nevertheless, there was a time when Ricky was one of the hottest stars in country music, deservedly so. This is a great traditional country album by one of country music's forgotten stars.

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Amazing Voice!
I love this from beginning to end.

I'm Okay
Angie Stevens
Manufacturer: Independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
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Stand Up Girl

ASIN: B0009G3B42
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

I'm Okay
Little Things
Water
First Love
Don't Ask
Heaven Knows
This Soul, These Hands
What Is Real Anyway
Home Sweet Home
Restlessness
Sleepwalking
Roses and Daisies

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Voice!.......2005-12-20

Angie is great on CD and when performing live. Really worth adding to your collection. Perhaps the next truly great lilith-esque talent.

I love this from beginning to end........2005-08-27

I fell in love with this CD from the opening notes of the first song. That led me to check out Angie's live shows, which pack the wallop of a freight train. Now I am a die-hard fan and recommend her to everyone.

A reviewer in Xposur magazine called "I'm Okay" a "do-it-yourself masterpiece" and I would agree.

The album probably best fits into alt-country, but it's in no way cookie cutter anything. It has simplicity, vulnerability, power, rhythm, nostalgia ... I can't speak highly enough about it. The production is spare and, in my mind, beautiful as a result. I hear echoes of 1960s rock, traditional country (early Grand Ole Opry), and bluegrass. But it's broader than all of that. I just tell people it is different and to listen to it.

When I started to list my favorite songs on the CD, I realized I was listing all of them. Still, I have tried to narrow them down to some highlights for people who want to sample.

"I'm Okay" is set to 3/4 time, with the bass leading the way and the drums adding punctuation to Angie's expansive, country-infused vocals. Imagine Leslie Gore's "You Don't Own Me" or the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" stripped of their orchestral strings and beefed up with a stronger rhythm section.

"Little Things" is indie rock with a honky tonk saxophone delivering a frantic trip through one man's homelessness.

"Water" has the sway of a 1950s slow dance, embracing the listener with a reassuring strength and a refrain that says "let it go, let it be, what is done is history, let it all fade away."

"First Love" is a sweet love song blending bluegrass sounds with a Texas-two-step beat.

"Heaven Knows" delivers a rush of pain and anger that only the worst of breakups can trigger.

"What Is Real Anyway" is poignantly uncluttered, allowing Angie's vocals and lyrics to convey a beautiful vulnerability.

"Sleepwalking" is about motherhood, with a sensitive drum beat that echoes the daily rhythms of life. "Dishes done. House is clean. Wishing I was seventeen."

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What music during the time of King David would have been like.........

Beyond the Sea of Reeds
David Helfand
Manufacturer: David Helfand
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000YHOP0
Release Date: 2000-06-21

Tracks:

Caravan
Dreams
Scrolls of Compassion
Nomads
Sea of Reeds
Mi Chamocha
Ki Eshmerah Shabbat
To Feel Your Prayer
Ma Na Vu

Album Description

As a child, as I heard the songs and stories of the ancient days of Israel and the journey of the Israelites, they were always a part of me. Through my journey to adulthood, as the stories of my ancestors weaved in and out of my being, they finally opened their secret door and whispered to me, as I first touched Jerusalem's walls in the city of old. With tears in my eyes, beholding the wonder of the Dead Sea Scrolls, I could almost imagine my ancient ancestor writing with his pen, reaching out his hand. At the edge of the Negev Desert, my heart pounding with images of the vast wanderings of tribes searching for home, I hold the harp to my ears and listen.

Customer Reviews:

What music during the time of King David would have been like................2006-01-09

I'd been searching in vein for music that might have sounded like it came from ancient Israel. Nobody really knows what that might have been, for many reasons. The closest I could find was classical, which really wasn't what I was looking for at all. I wanted music that might have been played in Saul's kingdom, or that might have come from David's harp, or what the Jewish people of ancient Israel might have danced to.
Well, I am happy to say that this is precisely what I was searching for. I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed in this CD; it is just gorgeous.

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Flying Down These Backroads
Chip Messiner
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FTBAOQ
Release Date: 2006-02-14

Angels On The Backroads: Vol 4 -- Catfish Row To Jackson Square

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Angels On The Backroads: Vol 4 -- Catfish Row To Jackson Square
Eddie & Frank Thomas
Manufacturer: Misty Owl Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000J6CC6A

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